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Jeptha, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Comer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30629. It stands on Little Scull Shoal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bowman quadrangle.

Jeptha within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Jeptha between 1992 and 2019, burning about 413 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 24 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning115
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1997Smoking4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2011Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-ELBERT-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Jeptha: 6 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coneross River MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brown PropertyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Carrington PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
J. Threlkeld PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
King PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
O. Threlkeld PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
Parham PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
Ridgeway PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Smith PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Webb PlacerGoldProspectPlacer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jeptha in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2013Thunderstorm WindJeptha$2,500The Madison County 911 Center reported that numerous trees had blown down east of Danielsville.

Every storm recorded in Madison County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Vineyard Creek1.6 miles14
Transco2.5 miles15
Cedar Grove2.9 miles15
Paoli3.2 miles14
Porterfield3.9 miles14
Gholston Stand Crossroads3.9 miles14
Dalton4.1 miles15
Newtown5.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334694. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.